Keyword: TRC

Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint partners reaffirm commitment to Indigenous education

Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 10:08 AM

This Friday, Manitoba's six universities, three colleges and the Manitoba School Boards Association will gather to reaffirm their commitment to making Indigenous education a priority in Manitoba. In 2015, the parties signed the Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint (the Blueprint)—an official partnership agreeing to advance 10 commitments informed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action.

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Faculty-alumni collaboration explores decolonizing music education in the classroom

Monday, July 4, 2022 @ 10:52 AM

Studying music education means learning scales and chord progressions, practicing how to move your hands while conducting, and planning out class schedules. But sometimes it also involves examining and re-evaluating the entire education system at its core.

This is what a group of CMU students did every week last semester, when they gathered for one of CMU's newest courses: Decolonizing Music Education, guided by Associate Professor of Music Janet Brenneman. Through listening, reading, discussing, and creating, students learned about the history and current forms of colonialism present in Canadian music education classrooms, and explored how to put the concepts of decolonization and indigenization into action.

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Doktorvater: How Dietrich Bartel is bringing a teacher’s heart to research communication

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 10:23 PM

In German, the word for a doctoral supervisor is doktorvater, or "doctor father." No phrase could better express the spirit of pedagogical generosity and delight which critics have identified in the work of Music Professor Emeritus, Dietrich Bartel.

Bartel has been teaching at CMU since before it existed, beginning with CMBC back in 1985. Though he now teaches only part-time, Bartel's passion as an instructor is unflagging. In the classroom he is beloved for his animated and sympathetic teaching style, his expertise, and his sensitivity to the connections between music and discipleship. Outside of school, Bartel puts his specialized knowledge and talents to work for the wider community, serving as music director and organist of All Saints Anglican Church in Winnipeg. Between times he also sustains a vibrant research life, most recently exampled in his 2018 annotated translation with commentary of Andreas Werkmeister's 1707 music theory treatise Musikalische Paradoxal-Discourse.

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The TRC, Calls to Action, and the Mountain Before Us: Stories of Hope and Challenge (video)

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 @ 9:15 AM

CMU was honoured to host The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair on Monday, March 5, 2018 where he spoke to a full house in Marpeck Commons. Senator Sinclair shared stories and insights of the TRC's 94 Calls to Action and commented on the role Canadian communities, churches, and educational institutions have in the pursuite of reconciiliation.

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The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair to speak at CMU about reconciliation efforts across Canada

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 9:35 AM

The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair will present a public lecture at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) next month.

Sinclair will give the lecture, titled "The TRC, Calls to Action and the Mountain Before Us: Stories of Hope and Challenge," in Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.) on Monday, March 5 at 7:00 PM. Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.

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